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JAKE ALLEN BACK WITH RIVERMEN

Published:March 30th 2013 @ 2:45 PM

Mar

30

2013

St. Louis Blues Executive Vice President and
General Manager Doug Armstrong announced the club has assigned
goaltender Jake Allen to the club’s American Hockey League (AHL)
affiliate, Peoria Rivermen today.

Allen,
22, has posted an 8-3-0 record with a 2.45 goals-against average and 0.906 save
percentage over his 12 games with the Blues. He made his first NHL start on
Feb. 13 and earned his first NHL victory that same night. Allen registered his
first career NHL shutout with 28 saves against Phoenix on March 14. He made his
NHL regular season debut on Feb. 5 against Nashville in relief of Brian
Elliott.

Allen has appeared in 35 games for the Rivermen
this season posting a 13-16-3-2 record including a 2.89 goals against average,
.904 save percentage and two shutouts.

The 6’2, 200-pound goaltender set Rivermen records
for wins (24), minutes played (2,805), saves (1,306) and shutouts (6) during
the 2010-11 season. The Fredericton, New
Brunswick native was drafted by the Blues in the second round (34th
overall) of the 2008 Entry Draft.